Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of South Carolina. I received my PhD in Linguistics from Stanford University (2024) and my BA in Linguistics from Swarthmore College (2016).

My research broadly falls under the umbrella of sociolinguistics, and more narrowly, it finds its home in the variationist tradition. I am particularly interested in style, and how stylistic practice interfaces with broader, community-level patterns of linguistic difference. I work primarily on variation at the level of sound, though I am interested in variation across levels of structure. Secondary interests lie in the semantic-pragmatic interface, and I am always thinking about how semantic and pragmatic meaning fit into broader systems of social connotation.

See my CV for a list of publications and presentations. Email me at LE13@mailbox.sc.edu to connect!